Social Studies Collaboration Day

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Social Studies Collaboration Day - April 14, 2009 - BCIU

Afternoon Session 12:40 - 2:30pm

Part I - Let's share... What do you do that works and you really like? 12:45 to 2:00

CFF Teacher ListServ -- Share ideas, "borrow" ideas, and ask questions to SS teachers around the state. Sign up now!

Everything's Amazing, Nobody's Happy

- Louis CK on Conan O'Brien, October 1st, 2008. Louis speaks of how our generation has been spoiled by technology. Video property of NBC Universal. Amazing

Social Studies Specific Tools - FREE - Tod Witman, Mark Murray, Chris Schaeffer & Chris Yeshulas Presentation (2:00 - 2:30)


General Resources
  • BHS Video Tutorial Page <-- This page offers video "how tos" for Activstudio, Inspiration, Audacity, PowerPoint, and much more.
  • South Side HS <-- Very nice page which offers "What is/are" videos about software and hardware resources.
  • Atomic Learning <-- Pay site that offers some free online video training.
  • Net Trekker <-- America's #1 educational search tool.
  • Discovery Streaming <-- On-line video streaming; free for educators
  • Delicious <-- Social bookmarking; store your favorites on line; access them from anywhere.
  • Diigo <-- Social Bookmarking on steroids! Highlight the web, add sticky notes for other users to see, create user groups to pool resources and collaborate on projects and applications. Very nifty tool! Diigo Demo
  • Web 2.0 <-- Billed as the "Complete Web 2.0 Directory" No kidding...
  • Spider Web Logic <-- Free HTML Tag Generator to help you easily embed code on a webpage. Look like a web pro with little effort and no technical knowledge.
  • Brainy Quote -- Search famous quotes. Get a quote every day via e-mail, or embed it on your wiki.
  • Poll Everywhere -- Set up a poll and have kids respond on-line or via text message; You'll be Education Idol, baby!

Current Events
  • The Newsmap-- Interactive map showing current events by popularity. News events are broken down by category.
  • ICUE-- Site created by NBC News focusing on a current topic. Many archived NBC news videos are accessible for use in the classroom.
  • Week in Rap -- Just what it says. Biggest headlines of the week rapped and released every Friday at noon.

Election/Politics
  • Open Secrets -- This site tracks campaign contributions to each candidated.
  • 270 to Win -- This site tracks the electoral college and possible election scenarios
  • Rock the Web -- Home of the National Youth Presidential Forum
  • Truth-O-Meter -- Fact checking site for candidate statements and campaign advertisements
  • Expert voter -- Video clips featuring statements from the candidates on major issues
  • Election Central-- Hub created by Cyberlearning offers a large collection of links.
  • CSPAN -- CSPAN in the Classroom -- More interesting than the actual television channel!
  • CNN -- CNN's Election Center
  • Fact Check -- Independent research of political claims; great source to keep tabs on politicians.

World Cultures/Geography

  • Travel Challenge TravelPod Travel Challenge. 14 different challenges to play.
  • 360 Cities -- View cities around the world in panoramic 360 views
  • Google Earth -- Google Earth gives you a bird's eye view of the world; great tool for interactive presentations and projects
  • Media Storm -- Great collection of short documentaries on topics from around the globe. High interest and very artistic.
  • Collapse -- Interactive study of the reasons great civilizations collapse.

American History
  • Digital History -- Great resource from University of Houston
  • Library of Congress-- The best of the Library of Congress in digital format.
  • Shmoop-- Fantastic source of US History notes, timelines, and resources. AWESOME!

Economics
  • Budget Hero -- Balance the budget and become a Budget Hero!
  • Ask Dr. Econ -- Ask any Economics question you want. Run by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
  • Inflation Calculator -- Calculate the worthlessness of your currency and assets...
  • FRED - Federal Reserve Education; lots of educational links from your exciting friends at the Federal Reserve Board.
  • The Mint -- Lots of games for kids and ideas for teachers.
  • CPI Christmas -- calculate the cost of the 12 Days of Christmas.
  • Crisis of Credit-- Crisis of credit visualized. Great overview of the housing market collapse. Pretty devoid of politics.